James Schoolcraft SHERMAN

(1855-1912)

SHERMAN, James
Schoolcraft, a Representative from New York and a Vice
President of the United States; born in Utica, N.Y., October 24,
1855; attended the public schools; pursued academic and collegiate
courses and graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in
1878; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced
practice in Utica, N.Y.; president of the Utica Trust & Deposit
Co. and of the New Hartford Canning Co.; mayor of Utica 1884;
elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses
(March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891); chairman, Committee on Indian
Affairs (Fifty-fourth through Sixtieth Congresses); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress;
elected to the Fifty-third and to the seven succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1893-March 3, 1909); was not a candidate for reelection,
having been nominated as the Republican candidate for Vice
President on the ticket with William Taft; elected Vice President
of the United States in 1908 and served from March 4, 1909, until
his death; had been renominated for Vice President in June 1912;
died in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., October 30, 1912; interment in
Forest Hill Cemetery.

Bibliography

Dictionary of American Biography; American National
Biography; Schlup, Leonard. “The Pulse of Old Guard
Politics: James S. Sherman and the 1908 Republican Ticket.”
Social Science Quest 5 (Summer 1988): 9-22.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present